docs: mention long options in man sysctl.8
The commit includes few generic manual clean ups as well. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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.\" GNU General Public License for more details."
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.\" GNU General Public License for more details."
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.TH SYSCTL 8 "21 Sep 1999" "" ""
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.TH SYSCTL "8" "June 2011" "procps-ng" "System Administration"
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.SH NAME
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.SH NAME
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sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime
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sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B sysctl
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.B sysctl
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.RB [ \-n ]
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[\fIoptions\fR] [\fIvariable\fR[\fI=value\fR]] [...]
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.RB [ \-e ]
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.I variable
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\&...
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.br
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.B sysctl
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.RB [ \-n ]
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.RB [ \-e ]
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.RB [ \-q ]
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.B \-w
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.IR variable = value
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.br
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.B sysctl
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.RB [ \-n ]
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.RB [ \-e ]
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.RB [ \-q ]
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.B \-p
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.RI [ filename ]
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.B sysctl
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.RB [ \-n ]
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.RB [ \-e ]
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.B \-a
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.br
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.B sysctl
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.RB [ \-n ]
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.RB [ \-e ]
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.B \-A
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B sysctl
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.B sysctl
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is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime. The parameters available
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is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime. The parameters available
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.B \-w
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.B \-w
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parameter to use.
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parameter to use.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B \-n
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-values\fR
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Use this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values.
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Use this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B \-e
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\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\fR
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Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys.
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Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B \-N
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\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-names\fR
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Use this option to only print the names. It may be useful with shells that
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Use this option to only print the names. It may be useful with shells that
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have programmable completion.
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have programmable completion.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B \-q
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\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
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Use this option to not display the values set to stdout.
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Use this option to not display the values set to stdout.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B \-w
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\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-write\fR
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Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting.
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Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B \-p
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\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-load\fR[=\fIFILE\fR]
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Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none given.
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Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none
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Specifying \- as filename means reading data from standard input.
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given. Specifying \- as filename means reading data from standard input.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B \-a
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\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
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Display all values currently available.
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Display all values currently available.
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.TP
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.TP
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.B \-A
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\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-binary\fR
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Display all values currently available in table form.
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Print value without new line.
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.TP
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\fB\-A\fR
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Alias of \fB\-a\fR
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.TP
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\fB\-d\fR
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Alias of \fB\-h\fR
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.TP
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\fB\-f\fR
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Alias of \fB\-p\fR
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.TP
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\fB\-X\fR
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Alias of \fB\-a\fR
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.TP
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\fB\-o\fR
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Does nothing in favour of BSD compatibility.
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.TP
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\fB\-x\fR
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Does nothing in favour of BSD compatibility.
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.TP
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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Display help text and exit.
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.TP
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\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
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Display version information and exit.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.SH EXAMPLES
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/sbin/sysctl \-a
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/sbin/sysctl \-a
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.I /etc/sysctl.conf
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.I /etc/sysctl.conf
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR sysctl.conf (5)
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.BR sysctl.conf (5)
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.SH BUGS
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The
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.B \-A
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parameter behaves just as
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.B \-a
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does.
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.SH AUTHOR
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.SH AUTHOR
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George Staikos, <staikos@0wned.org>
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.UR staikos\@0wned.org
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George Staikos
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.UE
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Please send bug reports to
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.UR procps\@freelists.org
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.UE
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